Biografie von Walter FELDMAN (1925-2017)

Birth place: Lynn, MA

Addresses: Providence, RI (1999)

Profession: Painter, printmaker, educator

Studied: Yale Univ Sch Fine Arts (BFA, 1950; MFA, 1951); W. de Kooning, Stuart Davis, and Josef Albers.

Exhibited: "American Watercolors, Drawings and Prints," MMA, 1952 (prize); PAFA, 1954, 1964; "Recent Drawings USA," MoMA, 1955; Mostra Int, Milan, Italy, 1957 (gold medal); 26th Biennial, Corcoran Gal.,1959; Nat Inst Arts & Letters, 1961; Boston Arts Festival, 1964 (1st prize, painting); Obelisk Gallery, Boston, 1970s.

Member: Am Color Print Soc.

Work: Addison Gallery Am Art; MMA; Fogg Art Mus; Israel Mus, Jerusalem; MoMA. Commissions: mosaic pavements, Temple Beth-El, Providence, RI, 1957; stained glass windows, Sugarman Mem Chapel, Providence, RI, 1961; World's Fair poster, IBM Corp, 1963; Quezalcoatl (mural), Pembroke Col, Brown Univ, 1966; 32-panel mural, Temple Emanu-El, Providence, RI, 1968.

Comments: Teaching: Yale Univ Sch Design, 1950-53; prof painting & printmaking, Brown Univ, 1953-on; vis prof drawing, Harvard Univ, 1968.

Sources: WW73; G.Y. Loveridge, Providence Practitioner of Ancient Art," The Rhode Islander, April 25, 1954; Michael Forster, The Color of Mexico is Black (Nivel 41), German P Garcia (Mexico City), May 25, 1962; Jane Shelton, "Walter Feldman," Harvard Art Rev (spring, 1966); Falk, Exh. Record Series.